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Firefighters from Lincoln North and South stations attended at about 2am.

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The caravan was completely destroyed in the blaze and all that remains this morning is a burned out chassis.

The paintwork of a Skoda car parked nearby also appears to have been damaged.

The caravan was reduced to its chassis

Resident Igors Grenkevics, who took photos and video of the fire, said: “I was in bed and I heard an explosion from outside. I ran out and saw the fire. I called the fire brigade and they arrived within about two minutes.

“After that I think there were two more explosions.”

Caravan fire in Lincoln (Image: Igors Grinkevics)

Resident Ian Campling, 51, of Toronto Street, said: "I'm not surprised for something like this to have happened.

"You often see glass on the pavement from smashed car windows."

Ian Parle, who works at Lincs News newsagents, said: "I knew nothing at all about this until people came in this morning talking about it.

"Someone said the caravan had been parked there for about four months at least."

A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: "We were alerted to a report of a caravan fire just after 2am.

"Emergency Services attended and found the vehicle on fire, nobody has been injured.

"We are working with the fire service and are treating the incident as arson, an investigation is underway."

It is not the first time a caravan in the area has been destroyed in a fire.

Stamp End resident Dave Roberts' caravan went up in flames in a suspected arson attack in October last year.

He had only just bought the four-berth van for his and his Staffie dogs to stay in on weekends away.

But he was woken by his pets at 6am on Monday, October 23 to discover the vehicle reduced to a burnt-out shell. Firefighters tackled the blaze but the caravan was written off.

However, his friends in the dog agility community rallied round to help him buy a new caravan.